On June 24, the Supreme Court released its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade and holding that there is no constitutional right to an abortion. The ...

Since spring of 2025, the Department of Justice has been attempting to sweep up voter rolls across the nation. That fight has extended to the courts, where the DOJ has filed lawsuits against 24 states ...

This past weekend, The New York Times published polls showing that public opinion about Supreme Court rulings often splits along party lines. There was one exception: By an 80–20 margin, respondents ...

This piece first appeared at Just Security. As Congress prepares to vote in April on reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA”), one of the main points of ...

A federal court today declared unconstitutional key portions of President Trump’s executive order restricting mail voting. The executive order, issued in March 2026, unlawfully attempted to seize ...

A handful of wealthy donors dominate electoral giving and spending in the United States. We need limits on campaign finance, transparency, and effective enforcement of these rules — along with public ...

In 2020, 2022, and 2024, our nation held federal elections. Despite the pandemic, threats of violence, denial of results, and extraordinary pressure, these were secure and accurate. Election officials ...

A state’s judicial selection system can affect who ultimately becomes a judge, as well as the pressures judges face while serving. States have adopted a wide variety of systems. Common state judicial ...

Tech companies have taken important steps recently to help protect elections from AI, but more needs to be done to safeguard democracy. In Munich, companies including OpenAI, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, ...

Voter participation in federal elections from 2012 to 2022 averaged 11 percentage points less on tribal lands than in other parts of the states we studied. Turnout is lowest on tribal lands with the ...

In late September, President Trump signed an executive order purporting to designate “Antifa” as a “domestic terrorist organization.” A few days later, he issued National Security Presidential ...